Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor  —  President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens …

EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member  —  Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right group that is listed by the U.S. State Department as having been “under the direction …

Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting  —  As they fleshed out the budget blueprint released Thursday morning by the White House, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney said officials from the administration …

Trump to Tucker Carlson: “I know” counties that voted for me will lose under the Republican health plan  —  “A lot of things aren't consistent.”  —  Tucker Carlson's sit-down with Donald Trump Wednesday night was not exactly a hard-hitting interview, but the Fox News host did speak …

Chelsea Clinton announces new picture book, She Persisted  —  Count Chelsea Clinton among the many people whom Elizabeth Warren inspired when she refused to be silenced in the Senate.  —  Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton …

McDonald's tweets to Trump: ‘You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President’  —  McDonald's' in a tweet on its corporate account called President Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning.  —  The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted …

Conservative RSC says it's close to backing ObamaCare repeal bill  —  The conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) says it is very close to supporting the House GOP's healthcare plan if changes are made to its Medicaid provisions.  —  Vice President Pence met with members …

Clinton Ally Says Smoke, But No Fire: No Russia-Trump Collusion  —  Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, who endorsed Hillary Clinton and called Donald Trump a dupe of Russia, cast doubt Wednesday night on allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

Why I'm Moving Home  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In recent months, I've frequently found myself in places hit hard by manufacturing job losses, speaking to people affected in various ways.  Sometimes, the conversation turns to the conflict people feel between the love of their home and the desire to leave in search of better work.

2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump's Latest Travel Ban  —  A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday evening blocking President Trump's ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a stinging blow to the White House and signaling that Mr. Trump will have to account …

Secret Service Agents Under Investigation for Taking Photos of Donald Trump's Sleeping Grandson  —  A source with knowledge of the information tells Mother Jones that two Secret Service agents who were assigned to protect Donald Trump III, President Donald Trump's grandson, took selfies with the eight year old while he was sleeping.

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why  —  It flies in the face of typical humpback behavior  —  The world is ending and only the whales know.  At least, that's one explanation.  Humpback whales are normally pretty solitary—scientists used to call groups of 10 to 20 “large.”

Debt ceiling returns, creating new headache for GOP  —  The legal limit on how much the United States government can borrow returns on Thursday, potentially setting up an intense political battle in Congress.  —  Lawmakers will have until sometime this autumn to raise the debt ceiling …

The Increasing Significance of the Decline of Men  —  At one end of the scale, men continue to dominate.  —  In 2016, 95.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs were male and so were 348 of the Forbes 400.  Of the 260 people on the Forbes list described as “self-made,” 250 were men.

600+ companies are bidding to build Trump's ‘border wall’ — including one from Mexico  —  More than 600 businesses want in on the action with President Donald Trump's “border wall” — including one from Mexico.  And a by-the-numbers CNBC analysis of those companies reveals a wide variety of owners and other details.

Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen's death  —  She is venerated around the world.  She has outlasted 12 US presidents.  She stands for stability and order.  But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign will ever end.

Geert Wilders Falls Short as Wary Dutch Scatter Their Votes  —  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The far-right politician Geert Wilders fell short of expectations in Dutch elections on Wednesday, gaining seats but failing to persuade a decisive portion of voters to back his extreme positions …

Paul Ryan: ‘No such wiretap existed’  —  Ryan: Trump ‘bridging gaps’ in bill process  — The House Intelligence Committee has requested any evidence of a wiretap from the Justice Department  —  Washington (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that “no such wiretap existed,” …

Trump nominates Boeing VP for deputy Defense secretary  —  President Trump on Thursday nominated a top Boeing executive to be the second-highest-ranking civilian at the Pentagon.  —  Trump announced Patrick Shanahan's nomination to be deputy Defense secretary, along with nominations for five …

Immigrants are now canceling their food stamps for fear that Trump will deport them  —  Luisa Fortin sometimes sits up at night, wondering what her clients are eating.  She is the SNAP Outreach Coordinator for the Chattanooga Food Bank — but lately she has done less outreaching.

Obama chief of staff: ‘The president cannot order a wiretap’ … Former President Barack Obama  —  's chief of staff on Thursday pushed back against President Trump's wiretapping allegations.  —  “The president cannot order a wiretap, president does not order a wiretap, the president did not order a wiretap,” Denis McDonough

Pentagon warns employees: Don't stream March Madness games at work  —  The Defense Department sent a notice to its workforce on Wednesday telling employees not to stream March Madness games on Pentagon computers, warning the department's network could be overwhelmed.